MHG7305 - EBA Flat Axe, Nr Nairn
Summary
No summary available.
Type and Period (1)
- FINDSPOT (Bronze Age - 2400 BC to 551 BC)
Protected Status
- None recorded
Full Description
An Early Bronze Age, decorated flat axe (Coles' type Bb), found near Nairn (NH 88 56) was purchased for the NMAS in 1880 (Acc No: DA 8). It measures 10.75 ins in length, 6 ins in greatest breadth and 3/8 ins in thickness, and belongs to Megaw and Hardy's Class I(2).
Proc Soc Antiq Scot 1880; B R S Megaw and E M Hardy 1938; J M Coles 1971; I C Walker 1974
No further information. Visited by OS (E G C) 29 November 1961.
(Nairn variant of Migdale type). Near Nairn, Nairnshire. Single find. Flat axe, badly corroded on one face, gritty, green. Length 269mm, butt 39mm, cutting edge 144mm, weight over 1000 gms. NMAS DA 8.
P K Schmidt and C B Burgess 1981.
This axehead was catalogued and photographed as part of the North Kessock & District Local History Society and Archaeology for Communities in the Highlands (ARCH) collaborative 'Feats of Clay' Project, which was focused on Bronze Age metalworking around the Moray Firth. It was assigned an Early Bronze Age date. <1>
The axe is described in the NMS catalogue as decorated by four rows of punch marks arranged in a chevron-like pattern parallel to the edges. Acc. No. DA 8. <2>
Sources/Archives (12)
- --- SHG1474 Text/Publication/Article: Coles, J M. 1971. 'Scottish Early Bronze Age metalwork', Proc Soc Antiq Scot Vol. 101 1968-9, p.1-110. Proc Soc Antiq Scot. 1-110. 13, 84.
- --- SHG1474 Text/Publication/Article: Coles, J M. 1971. 'Scottish Early Bronze Age metalwork', Proc Soc Antiq Scot Vol. 101 1968-9, p.1-110. Proc Soc Antiq Scot. 1-110. 84.
- --- SHG1528 Text/Publication/Article: Walker, I C. 1967. 'Some objects from Nairnshire, Moray and Banffshire in the British Museum', Proc Soc Antiq Scot Vol. 98 1964-6, p.312-15. Proc Soc Antiq Scot. 312-15. 313.
- --- SHG1640 Text/Publication/Article: Walker, I C. 1974. 'The counties of Nairnshire, Moray and Banffshire in the Bronze Age, Part II', Proc Soc Antiq Scot Vol. 104 1971-2, p.71-120. Proc Soc Antiq Scot. 71-120. 93, no. 2.
- --- SHG1640 Text/Publication/Article: Walker, I C. 1974. 'The counties of Nairnshire, Moray and Banffshire in the Bronze Age, Part II', Proc Soc Antiq Scot Vol. 104 1971-2, p.71-120. Proc Soc Antiq Scot. 71-120. 93.
- --- SHG28011 Text/Publication/Article: PSAS. 1879. 'Donations to and purchases for the Museum and Library, with exhibits', Proc Soc Antiq Scot Vol. 13 1878-9. Proc Soc Antiq Scot. 277; illust..
- --- SHG289 Text/Publication/Article: Megaw and Hardy, B R S and E M. 1938. 'British decorated axes and their diffusion during the earlier part of Bronze Age', Proc Prehist Soc Vol. 4 1938, p.272-307. Proc Prehist Soc. 272-307. 272-307.
- --- SHG3000 Text/Publication/Article: Schmidt and Burgess, P K and C B. 1981. 'The axes of Scotland and Northern England', Prahistorische Bronzefunde Vol. 9. Prahistorische Bronzefunde. 37, no. 79.
- --- SHG3000 Text/Publication/Article: Schmidt and Burgess, P K and C B. 1981. 'The axes of Scotland and Northern England', Prahistorische Bronzefunde Vol. 9. Prahistorische Bronzefunde. 48, no. 245.
- --- SHG609 Text/Publication/Article: PSAS. 1880. 'Donations to and purchases for the Museum and Library, with exhibits', Proc Soc Antiq Scot Vol. 14 1879-80, p.7-10,111-13,169-76,225-29,274-7,310-15,. Proc Soc Antiq Scot. 7-10, 96-7, 111-13,169-76,225-29. 277; illust..
- <1> SHG28012 Text/Publication/Monograph: Clark, G., Cowie, T. & Kruse, S. 2017. Feats of Clay. Cat. No. 42.
- <2> SHG28278 Dataset/Database File: National Museums Scotland. 2019. Highland Finds from the NMS Catalogue. National Museums Scotland. Digital. DA 8.
Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred NH 8800 5600 (4m by 4m) (2 map features) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NH85NE |
| Civil Parish | NAIRN |
| Geographical Area | NAIRN |
Finds (1)
- AXEHEAD (Bronze Age - 2400 BC to 551 BC)
Related Monuments/Buildings (0)
Related Investigations/Events (0)
External Links (2)
- https://nms.scran.ac.uk/database/record.php?usi=000-100-034-224-C&scache=4kyz31kkzr&searchdb=scran (Link to online NMS catalogue database record)
- https://www.scran.ac.uk/database/record.php?usi=000-100-034-224-C& (Link to online SCRAN entry)
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